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SUBMITTER: Erbilgin O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4784909 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erbilgin Onur O Sutter Markus M Kerfeld Cheryl A CA
PLoS biology 20160309 3
Bacterial Microcompartments (BMCs) are proteinaceous organelles that encapsulate critical segments of autotrophic and heterotrophic metabolic pathways; they are functionally diverse and are found across 23 different phyla. The majority of catabolic BMCs (metabolosomes) compartmentalize a common core of enzymes to metabolize compounds via a toxic and/or volatile aldehyde intermediate. The core enzyme phosphotransacylase (PTAC) recycles Coenzyme A and generates an acyl phosphate that can serve as ...[more]